“You have an instinct, Sophie, that's how," said Howl. "Nothing is safe from you. If I were to court a girl who… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
“I know who you are,” Jack whispers. “I’ve always known you.” His hands glide up my arms, from the angles of my… — Caroline George Copy Share Image
“As he plods behind Cameron and Summer, he can’t help but stare at Summer’s exposed, glistening skin. His thoughts aren’t depraved or… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“The accusations we make of our lovers make no particular sense. We would utter such unfair things to no one else on… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“He was a miracle to her. A reward after struggle. Safety after fear. Tenderness after disappointment. And ever since the first moment… — Katy Regnery Copy Share Image
I think the movie business, you meet people, and you work intensely with them, and you have these relationships - there's an… — Sissy Spacek Copy Share Image
“If he fears intimacy, then offering strength means offering intimacy. If he fears failing in his career, offering his strength means taking… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“My courage is faith--faith in the eternal resilience of me--that joy'll come back, and hope and spontaneity. And I feel that till… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Her eyes narrowing, she turned her attention back to where Stephanie stood with Ben, feeling her own pain turn to intense fury.… — Nina D'Angelo Copy Share Image
I think writing about the time in Hermione’s life that I write about – growing from childhood into womanhood, literally, I think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Romance is not the giving of flowers, or any other gift. It is a way of life, a way of being. Romance… — Shane K.P. O'Neill Copy Share Image
“It was probably as well, she reminded herself sternly: she never seen the point of havinga boyfriend just for the sake of… — Gabrielle Donnelly Copy Share Image
“Helen’s secretary’s phone was ringing off the hook as Clavier and I passed through the antechamber and into the hallway. Once we… — Nell Stark Copy Share Image
“Soaking” seems like a crazy word in an intimacy book. Yet that is exactly what you want to do in your relational… — Linda Boone Copy Share Image
“Somehow, even outside the library and our clearing in the woods, we were still in our own world. Everything else could fade… — Rachel Schieffelbein Copy Share Image
“I look down at our knees, slightly touching. Jeans against jeans. Does she notice the heat transferring from her body to mine?… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he, as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner, I hope,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Eve: What is it about asking you Catholic questions that gets you all jumpy? Roarke: You'd be jumpy, too, if I asked… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Do not be so ridiculous, I can more easily find you someone else.” Gripping the bars of his prison so strongly that… — Gwenn Wright Copy Share Image
“You will be the one chosen to reach out to embrace man once again as the heart. So that all will be… — Lani Wendt Young Copy Share Image
“Corny nodded, but when he moved to put the key in the ignition, Luis's hand stopped him. When he turned, their mouths… — holly black Copy Share Image
“He turns to leave, stops, looks back at me. "Just so you know: What you did for Victor means a lot to… — J.A. London Copy Share Image
“My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’” John said. “This is the time and these are… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
I realized that even I have weird intimacy issues with humans - like, I need my friendships to get deeper, I need… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
“Be a part of the world, but never in it… Because of what we do, we have to interact with people. But… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
If there is to be any romance in marriage woman must be given every chance to earn a decent living at other… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
The Five A’s (attention, appreciation, acceptance, affection, allowing) are simultaneously the fulfillment of our earliest needs, the requirements of adult intimacy and… — David Richo Copy Share Image
What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in… — George Elliot Copy Share Image
“Men, at any rate, never fulfilled expectations. They might, upon acquaintance, turn out more entertaining than they appeared; but almost always taking… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
“I am a master wordsmith. I have the ability to bend words at will and invoke feelings with the stroke of my… — J.A. ANUM Copy Share Image
Intimacy is important in my work because I don't understand existence without intimacy. All of us are dependent on other people -… — Claudia Rankine Copy Share Image
“And I don't even know you. It's too soon for you to take me home. I'm scared of getting attached to you.… — C.D. Reiss Copy Share Image
“Quit worrying so much about the boards and nails of your life. Focus on the stuff that lasts.” He glanced through the… — Laura Anderson Kurk Copy Share Image
“Though this marriage is a sham, what we share tonight will be real, my lady. I said I'd treat you wi' the… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
“I love you," Sam said, and set his mouth against hers, and broke off the kiss because he had to say it… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue,… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“I want to undress you, touch you, kiss you, taste you. And then I want you to taste yourself on my mouth."… — Robyn Carr Copy Share Image
Anyway, these books I love, they’re all books by men—every last one of them. Because if it’s unseemly and possibly dangerous for… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
I should attempt to write a love song, I have written lots of poetry about love so I could turn those into… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image